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Date: Saturday, August 17, 2002 
Subject: d/davis_stuart/eight_days_in_the_lotus.tab
Eight Days in the Lotus by Stuart Davis
Submitted by Del Kreiser


Intro 1x

    G#
E |---------------|
B |---------------|
G |-------5-------|
D |-----6---6-----|
A |---6-------6---|
E |-4-----------4-|


Verse 1

A
There's a lot of different kinds of Buddhism,

   E
of particular interest is this one

          B
When your teacher's think you're nearing a breakthrough in conciousness

G#                                   A
they make you sit totally still, for eight days, with big sticks ready

           E                                   B             G#
and if you move even the smallest amount, they beat you!

A
Be still Buddha, they'll beat you

A                        B
Be still Buddha, they'll beat you

E          F#           A     B     E          F#         A      B
Eight days in the lotus,            meditating fast

A                E           F#                 A         D  G#
If you lose your Buddha, the monks'll kick your ass


Verse 2

I heard about this and I thought of my monastary sized walk in closet
and that Bending Branches hockey stick I keep in there
"I can do this," I thought, "I would have to do both jobs, but I could 
synchronize,"

Be still Buddha, I'll beat you
Be still Buddha, I'll beat you
Eight days in the lotus, meditating fast
if I lose your Buddha, I'll kick my ass


Verse 3

A
I'll tell you something... it works!

E
I'm officially Enlightened!

B                                    G#
'Cause for eight days I sat in that walk-in closet and I held the posture,

A                                                 E
legs fell asleep and muscles cramped up, but if i moved even the smallest 

            B
amount, I'd beat myself with that Bending Branches hockey stick

G#                   A                             
Like... like... like I was in the Stanley Cup Finals

A
going one on one with the Shiva

A
Looks like a break away in overtime,

                            A B
slapshot from the Blue Line

Davis scores, enlightenment wins


Eight days in the lotus, mediatating fast
if I lose my Buddha...
Eight days in the lotus (Davis shoots!) mediatating fast (enlightenment wins!)
if I lose my Buddha...

D  G#  E


Transcriber Notes:

Stu's guitar is tuned a half step down. Where you see the G# chord, play that 
chord how it's tabbed in the intro.